Competition - Shakespeare

Win! A family stay in Shakespeare country

Here’s your chance to win the ultimate two-night family break in Shakespeare country. A family of two adults and two children (aged 12 or under) will receive tickets to Shakespeare’s five fascinating homes in and around Stratford-upon-Avon, including his birthplace, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Mary Arden’s Farm* (shakespeare.org.uk). With plenty of hands-on family fun and seasonal activities to enjoy, your kids will never experience a dull moment on this trip away.

You will also enjoy a delightful cruise from the historic canal basin on the newly built all-weather Jennifer May, courtesy of Canal & River Tours. Think you may get peckish? You’re in luck as you’ll all have a free ice cream courtesy of Shakee’s Ice Cream Barge.

The apartments are located alongside the 16th century mansion and include breakfast and dinner. The family pet can even come along too to this dog-friendly hotel.

To be in with a chance of winning the holiday, fill your details in the form below.

Entrant Offer: In addition, all entrants over the age of eighteen are eligible to save 20% on a room at the Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall Hotel & Spa by booking via 01789 842 424 and quoting ‘Specsavers.’ For terms and conditions of this offer please see below.

The prize draw is open to anyone resident in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland, subject to entrants under the age of 18 having the consent of their parent or guardian to enter the prize draw, excluding employees of the Specsavers Group, Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels employees, Canal & River Tours employees or any third-party associates and members of their families, who are not eligible to enter this prize draw. Entries must be made online at specsavers.co.uk/prizes by submitting the above website form only. A maximum of one entry per family is permitted. The prize draw will run from 17th October 2018 (the ‘Opening Date’) to 31st March 2019 (the ‘Closing Date’) inclusive. All entries must be received no later than midnight on the Closing Date. Entries received after the Closing Date will not be included in the prize draw. Specsavers accepts no responsibility for entries that are late or for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault. Confirmation of email transmission is not proof of entry. Entry into the prize draw is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions. The draw will take place on or after 1st April 2019. The winner will be chosen at random from all entries received. The winner will be notified as soon as is practicable by telephone after the draw has taken place. If any winner is under the age of 18, Specsavers will contact the winner’s parent/guardian by telephone to confirm that they consent to the winner entering the prize draw and agree to accept the prize on the winner’s behalf, subject to these terms. If the prize winner or their parent/guardian cannot be contacted after three attempts to do so, and/or the parent/guardian refuses or fails to agree to accept the prize on the winner’s behalf subject to these terms, or the winner is found to be in breach of these terms and conditions or the rules of entry for the draw, Specsavers reserves the right to reallocate the prize. Specsavers’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. Specsavers reserves the right to change, hold, void or cancel the prize draw at any time without notice. Specsavers reserves the right to alter or substitute any element of the prize, whether available or not, with a prize of a similar value. No purchase is required. All elements of the prize are subject to availability, no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prize is non-transferable. All entrants give their consent to their names being placed on a list of winners and being made available, subject to entrants under the age of 18 having the consent of their parent or guardian to have their name placed on a list of winners and being made available.

The winner will receive the prize, which is: a two-night stay for a family of two adults and two children (aged 12 or under) in a two-bedroom apartment at the Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall Hotel & Spa with dinner & breakfast each day, 4 tickets to visit the Shakespeare Houses in Stratford-upon-Avon, a canal & river cruise aboard the Jennifer May & a free ice cream from Shakee’s Ice Cream Boat for each person. Prize is valid for 6 months from the notification of the winner & excludes the period 19th - 21st April 2019. Dinner excludes beverages.

Return flights (to include 1 item of hold luggage per person) for two children and two adults from Channel Islands to the UK are included if the winner is a resident of the Channel Islands and return flights for two children and two adults (to include 1 item of hold luggage per person) from the Isle of Man to the UK are included if the winner is a resident of the Isle of Man. Transfers to and from the arrival and departure airports are not included. No transport is included for winners resident in the Republic of Ireland or the UK. . The prize cannot be exchanged or transferred, and no cash alternative will be offered. The prize is subject to availability and to Mercure Hotels UK managed by Amaris Hospitality, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Canal & River Tours and Shakee’s Ice Cream Boat’s own terms and conditions (‘Third Party T&Cs’). Specsavers shall have no liability to the winner or any third party for any inability of the winner to claim the prize of take the full benefit of it as a result of any of the Third Party T&Cs or any other reason.

Spending money and other items or activities not specifically set out above are not included in the prize. All extras not specified in the prize must be paid for by the prize winner. Travel insurance and visas, any necessary vaccinations, valid passports, spending money, departure and arrival taxes, local taxes, hold luggage, excursions, attractions, treatments and car hire and any other personal expenses are the winner’s responsibility unless expressly stated otherwise in these terms and conditions. Specsavers shall not be liable to entrants for: (i) any losses, damages or costs incurred or suffered as a result of the entrants entering the prize-draw promotion; (ii) acceptance or use of any element of the prize won in connection with the promotion; (iii) failure by the connected third parties to act in accordance with any promotion laws, rules and regulations; (iv) and/or failure by the connected third parties to deliver any element of the prize. Each entrant acknowledges that Specsavers has no liability to him/her in accordance with this disclaimer. The winner and their guests may be required to participate in publicity for Specsavers. The winner’s name can be obtained from 14 April 2019 upon request in writing from: Warwickshire Walton Hall Competition, Specsavers Kids Magazine, PO Box 767, Bristol, BS8 1SB. Specsavers Optical Group Limited, La Villiaze, St Andrews, Guernsey, GY6 8YP is the Promoter of this prize draw.

This prize draw and these terms and conditions are governed by and subject to English Law and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Mercure are offering entrants over the age of eighteen 20% discount off their room booking at the Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall Hotel & Spa. To redeem this offer, the entrant must call 01789 842 424 to make a booking and quote ‘Specsavers.’

The offer is based on two (2) adults sharing a double or twin standard room. Room prices start at £55.20. The offer is limited to the cost of the room and does not apply to any additional services offered at the hotel including spa treatments. Any food and drinks are not included and will not be discounted. Any other costs incurred in addition to those set out above and that are incidental to the fulfilment of the offer are the responsibility of the entrant. The offer must be redeemed before the 31 March 2019. The offer is based on one(1) overnight stay with any additional consecutive night rates separately agreed with hotel at point of booking. The offer is not valid for bookings over Christmas, New Year and Valentine’s Day. The offer can only be redeemed once by an entrant and their guest. The offer is subject to room availability at Mercure’s sole discretion. Once the booking has been confirmed, any alteration may incur administrative charges payable by the entrant at Mercure’s sole discretion. The entrant may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions stipulated by Mercure but not limited to the Mercure Hotels UK managed by Amaris Hospitality.

Data Protection – Use of Your Personal Information:

Your personal information will be collected, stored and processed for the purposes of administering this competition/promotion. It will be held by Specsavers. Specsavers may provide your personal information to the following third-party providers who help us to deliver this competition: Specialist Publications (UK) Limited, Embassy House, Queens Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1SB, Bellevue Marketing, 101 Old Park Rd, Clevedon BS21 7HT, Mercure Hotels UK managed by Amaris Hospitality registered as MerManor Operations Ltd, 60 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 9XB, 10 Hammersmith Grove, London, England, W6 7AP, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Henley Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 6QW and Canal and River Tours Limited, 232 Sladepool Farm Road, Birmingham, B14 5EE in connection with the competition and for the purposes of administering the prize draw and the redemption of prizes. For full details on how your personal data is used please visit www.specsavers.co.uk/legal/privacy-statement. Winners may be required to take part in publicity associated with this competition which may include the publication of their name, country of residence and photograph in any media including social media.